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OWEN
,
THOMAS
(
1748
-
1812
),
cleric and translator
;

christened
3 Sept. 1748
, the son of
Thomas
and
MargaretOwen
of
Rhiwlas
, in the village of
Pentraeth
,
Anglesey
. On
20 March 1767
he matriculated from
Jesus College
,
Oxford
, graduating
B.A.
in
1770
. Early in
1771
he describes himself as
‘deputy’ to the librarian
of the
Bodleian Library
.
Owen
was ordained
deacon
at the
Trinity ordination
,
1771
, by the
bishop of Oxford
by letters dimissory from the
bishop of Bangor
with a title to the
curacy
of
Llanddeusant
,
Anglesey
. He proceeded to the degree of
M.A.
from
Queen's College
,
Oxford
, in
1773
. In
1779
he was presented to the
rectory
of
Upton Scudamore, Wilts.
, and continued to hold this living till his death in
Anglesey
in
May 1812
.
Owen
translated the following three works into
English
:
Three Books of M. Terentius Varro concerning Agriculture
,
1800
;
Agricultural Pursuits, translated from the Greek
,
1805-6
;
Fourteen Books of Palladius on Agriculture
,
1807
.

Sources:

Oxford Dictionary of National
Biography
;

Foster
,
Alumni Oxonienses
;

The Records of the Church in Wales at the
National Library of Wales
(in N.L.W.).